Roberto Poli, Johanna Seibt - Theory and Applications of Ontology_ Philosophical Perspectives

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1、TheoryandApplicationsofOntology:PhilosophicalPerspectivesRobertoPoli·JohannaSeibtEditorsTheoryandApplicationsofOntology:PhilosophicalPerspectives123EditorsRobertoPoliJohannaSeibtUniversityofTrentoUniversityofAarhusDepartmentofSociologyDepartmentofPhilosophyJensChr.Skousvej7andSocialRese

2、arch8000AarhusC26Verdistr.NobelparkenBldg.146738100TrentoDenmarkItalyfilseibt@hum.au.dkroberto.poli@unitn.itISBN978-90-481-8844-4e-ISBN978-90-481-8845-1DOI10.1007/978-90-481-8845-1SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYorkLibraryofCongressControlNumber:2010932551©SpringerScience+BusinessMe

3、diaB.V.2010Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurposeofbeingentered

4、andexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework.Printedonacid-freepaperSpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com)PrefaceAfteralongperiodofdecline,ontologyisbackattheforefrontofphilosophy,sci-enceandtechnology.Thesedaysontologycomesinatleasttwomai

5、nfashions:thetraditionalphilosophicalunderstandingofontologyhasbeenrecentlyflankedbyanew–computer-based–understandingofontology.Therearescholarsfrombothfieldscontendingthatontologyinknowledgeengi-neeringandontologyinphilosophyaretwocompletelydifferentdisciplines.Ontheonehandthereisanalysi

6、scloselytiedtotheconcreteproblemsofdomainmodel-ing;ontheother,difficultandusuallyveryabstractspeculationsontheworldanditsmostrarifiedstructures.Forthisreason,itisclaimed,thosescientistswhooccupythemselveswithontologyinknowledgeengineeringshouldnotbeconcernedwithwhatphilosophershavetosay(a

7、ndvice-versa).ThethesisdefendedbyTheoryandApplicationsofOntologyisexactlytheoppo-site.Weshalltrytoshowinthisworkthat–despitetheirdifferentlanguagesanddifferentpointsofdeparture–ontologiesinknowledgeengineering(let’ssay:ontol-ogyastechnology)andontologyinphilosophy(let’ssay:onto